Song: John Lennon
Artist: Arkells
Album: Jackson Square
Check out my video of me playing the song:
Great tune, great band, fun song to play.
C#m F#m
Head on the wall...
E A
And my piss hardly makes the stall,
E A
And this time it's not an act.
E A
This time I swear it's fact.
C#m F#m
Now I ramble on,
E A
About that girl who's gone;
E A
And I tried teaching her guitar,
E A
Now she's standing at the bar.
F#m
She tells me her favourite song,
A
And I say, "Yeah, that's a good one..."
F#m
She says it follows her around.
A Move up two frets and strum once
No shit, it's by the Beatles.
C# G#m
I'm so lost,
D#m
And I live just around the corner.
C# G#m
Well, here's a thought,
D#m
Get Frank McCourt to write the foreword.
F#
And I'm John Lennon, in '67.
D#m
I'm John Lennon, in '67.
F#
I'm John Lennon, in '67.
D#m
I'm John Lennon, in '67.
C#m / F#m / E / A
E / A / E / A
C#m F#m
Adam's in love again.
E A
And the good Rev wants to jam instead.
E A
Morgan's hearing none of it.
E A
She says we're doing it again.
C#m F#m
The neighbourhood's up in arms.
E A
They're trying to shut down all the bars
E A
When everyone's a private eye
E A
They're hiding in the bushes every night.
F#m
The cats square off in the street,
A
The dogs go through the garbage.
F#m
You wanna stay for the night tonight?
A A then slide up two frets strum once
Well I know all about platonic, honey.
C# G#m
I'm so lost,
D#m
And I live just around the corner.
C# G#m
Well, here's a thought,
D#m
Get Frank McCourt to write the foreword.
F#
And I'm John Lennon, in '67.
D#m
I'm John Lennon, in '67.
F#
I'm John Lennon, in '67.
D#m
I'm John Lennon, in '67.
(Power chords here, 3 down strums each)
A# / G# / G / F# (Repeat 4 times then:)
A#m (Strum once)
(Key Change)
-Palm muted and slower
A#m D#m
Head on the wall...
C# F#m
And my piss hardly makes the stall,
C# (Strum quickly then stop at "act")
And this time it's not an act.
C# G#m
I'm so lost,
D#m
And I live just around the corner.
C# G#m
Well, here's a thought,
D#m
Get Frank McCourt to write the foreword.
F#
And I'm John Lennon, in '67.
D#m
I'm John Lennon, in '67.
F#
I'm John Lennon, in '67.
D#m
I'm John Lennon, in '67.
(Power chords here, 3 down strums each)
A# / G# / G / F# (Repeat twice, end on A)